Order of Saint Andrew awarded in 1865 to Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

Awarded in 1865.

Gold, enamel.
Height 82 mm.
Width 63 mm.
Weight 70 g.

Collection of Royal Armoury /Livrustkammaren/, Stockholm.

Marked with gold hallmark "56", " St. Petersburg coat of arms" and "IK" for Julius Keibel.

 

Gold, enamel.
Length 1060 mm.
Width 55 mm.
Weight 256 g.

Marked with gold hallmark "56", "double-headed eagle", St. Petersburg assay office year mar "1865 + St. Petersburg coat of arms" and "Keibel".

 

Interesting non-Kapitul (i.e. not officially issued Keibel-made type of star) breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 85 mm.
Weight 54 g.

Unmarked.

 

Original case and sash.

Length 385 mm.
Width 235 mm.
Height 32 mm.
Weight 781 g.

Moiré silk.
Length 1700 mm.
Width 100 mm.

 

Prince Nikolaus August of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Dalarna (24 August 1831 – 4 March 1873) was the youngest of the five children of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.

Born in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö, Stockholm County, his eldest sibling was King Carl XV of Sweden.

During parts of 1849–1853, he was a student at Uppsala University. On 10 December 1851, he was made an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

On 16 April 1864 in Altenburg, the Duke married Princess Therese Amalie of Saxe-Altenburg (Ansbach, 21 December 1836 - Haga Palace, Stockholm, 9 November 1914), Duchess of Saxony, eldest daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and his first wife Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him.

Prince August died at the age of 41 of pneumonia at the Stockholm Palace, Stockholm.​